"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Black Widow Spiders Are Wasteful Gluttons
Submitted by Melinda L. Secor on Sun, 2011-02-06 04:00
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“If a male black widow chooses to mate with a starving female, he risks becoming a post-nuptial snack. Johnson speculates that females might be advertising for males by leaving wasted food in their web. It sends a signal: 'Come hither, because I won’t kill you.'”
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